The heavy rain gradually decreased at noon, but it was still sparse, the sky was dark, and the Qing army camp set up in Sanwan, south of Yangzhou City, looked as if it was shrouded in rain and fog. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In the camp, there was only rising cooking smoke, and no one was making a sound, and it could even be called silent. When Tunqi, the son of Zhenguo Gong and Dorobelle Tulun, wore a yellow coat and drove into the camp under the escort of the eighteen banner forbidden soldiers, he saw only the armored soldiers standing frozen in the rain and fog. ”

The full soldiers in the battalion will be greeted by Tunqi until the big tent of worship. Because the sky was a little dark, Aobai's tent was lit with oil lamps, and under the light, the Manchurian "Baturu" warriors who were personally appointed by Emperor Taizong were now reading a book in his hand as a minister. The book is "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", written by the Han people, when Emperor Taizong was there, he deliberately asked Ao Bai to study this book, saying that as long as the book is read thoroughly, the truth in it is clear, and no matter whether it is a war or governing the people in the future, it will be invincible.

The person he admired most in his life was Emperor Taizong, so even though Emperor Taizong had been dead for more than ten years, he still kept the teachings of Emperor Taizong in his early years, and whenever he had spare time, he would take out this book written by the Han people and turn it over. Unlike other Manchurian princes and ministers, Aobai's Chinese language level is very good, and he can also speak fluent Chinese, and he is also a Manchurian minister who has always advocated the reuse of Han people. Even though he tried his best to oppose Dolgon, he was very much in favor of Dorgon's proposal to use Han to control Han.

Tunqi's grandfather was Shuerhaqi, the younger brother of Emperor Taizu, who worked beside Emperor Taizong in his early years, following Prince Ying Azig to fight North Korea, and from Prince Su Haoge to Zhang Xianzhong of Sichuan. And in these two battles, Ao Bai is also there, so the two have a good relationship. In the eleventh year of Shunzhi, when the defeat of Hengzhou was pursued, Tunqi was cut off, and then it was Ao Bai who helped him enter in front of the emperor, which was awarded the title of Zhenguo Gong in the twelfth year of Shunzhi, otherwise, it was just an idle red belt in Beijing.

Tunqi has a younger sister who is married to the Zhengbaiqi Tumulu family, but unfortunately died in Guangzhou three years ago. Every time he thought of this, Tun Qi was very sad, and kept thinking about the day when he killed all the Taiping Kou and could go to Guangzhou to retrieve his sister's bones. But this matter is just thinking about it, it's not that Tunqi is worried that he won't be able to kill not only Taiping Kou, but that Guangzhou is full of Taiping Kou to be slaughtered, so many corpses, and after such a long time, where did he go to find his sister's bones.

Tun Qi saw the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in Aobai's hand at first glance, and couldn't help but say: "What's so good about the Han people's books, have you read this book for more than 20 years?" ”

"Han people's books are good things, and they are very useful to us Manchurians, but we can't underestimate them. As far as this book is concerned, there are a lot of big truths, and I have read it for more than 20 years, but I don't feel that I have seen it through. ”

Seeing that it was Tunqi, Ao Bai put down the book with a smile, motioned for Tunqi to sit down, and asked him what was the matter. Tunqi said that Wu Keshan, the prince of Horqin, and they could arrive at Sanwan in the evening at the latest, and the emperor asked Aobai to arrange the Mongolian soldiers here, and he could not neglect the Mongolian princes, which chilled the hearts of the Mongolian army.

Wu Keshan is the master's uncle, and the Mongolian soldiers are an important force in this war.

After saying this, Tun Qi said again: "Kabula reported that Yizhen Taiping Kou braved the wind and rain yesterday to storm his camp, and the attack was very fierce, and he asked the emperor to send troops to help, so as not to be broken through by Taiping Kou." ”

Kabula was a native of the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, the eldest son of the First Class Duke and Minister of the Guard, Sonny, and now leads 10,000 foot cavalry to defend against the Taiping army in the west. However, Kabula is only 28 years old and has no experience in leading a military before, so many old ministers, including Aobai, feel that Kabula should not be allowed to take charge alone. However, Sony won the trust of the emperor, and in addition to Ao Bai and a few veterans in the camp, almost none of the remaining Manchurian children had gone through the battle formation, and there were very few outstanding among the young people, and he was not worried about letting those Han people supervise and lead the army, so he could only let these inexperienced Manchurian children take command. Fortunately, the Taiping army in the west had very few troops, and the main force was in the south, so at the beginning of the fight, Ao Bai did not pay attention to the Taiping army in the west. Facts also proved that the Taiping army in the west was at most a partial division of the Taiping army, and Kabula fought with them for a while at Tongshan and then blocked the other party.

Tun Qi asked what Ao Bai meant, now the soldiers and horses are all here in Ao Bai, if you send reinforcements, you must send from Sanwan.

Ao Bai shook his head and said, "You go back to the emperor, you don't have to send reinforcements to Kabula, and none of my soldiers here can be transferred." ”

Tunqi hesitated a little: "If Kabula can't stand it, isn't it for the thieves to approach Yangzhou?" The emperor is in the city, so I'm afraid it's inappropriate not to send reinforcements. ”

Ao Bai said disapprerovingly: "There are 4,000 taels of Yellow Flag Forbidden Brigade directly under the emperor in Yangzhou City, as well as more than 20,000 Han troops and battalion soldiers, and the thief army in the west is no more than 10,000 people. Don't worry, call Kabula to take it..."Speaking of this, Ao Bai paused, "If we really want to send troops to the west, it is the trick of the thief Xiucai." At present, this is where the main forces of the two sides are, as soon as the Mongolian soldiers arrive, I will prepare for a decisive battle with the thief Xiucai, at this time, if the emperor takes away the soldiers and horses from me, you say, who is cheaper? ”

After hearing this, Tun Qi understood that the more urgent the Taiping Kou attack in the west, the more it showed that the Taiping army here was under great pressure, and he was eager to force the Qing army in Sanwan to divide his troops through the Taiping Kou in the west. If you really want to divide your troops to the west, you will fall for the thief's plan.

However, Tunqi was worried, he said, "If you don't send reinforcements to Kabula, will Sonny hold a grudge against you?" ...”

Ao Bai smiled and told Tunqi Soni that although he sometimes disagreed with him, people were not stupid and knew what was important now.

"The thief Xiucai put a bait in the west to lure me into dividing my troops, but I have to be fooled, and as soon as the Mongolian tribes arrive, I will fight him to see what he can do with three heads and six arms."

Ao Bai said fiercely, but he didn't know that at this time, in the thief Xiucai tent in Gaomin Temple, the thief Xiucai was saying to Cheng Hanbin, the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau: "Yes, I, His Royal Highness the King of Qi, am the bait, my banner is rooted here, Shunzhi and Aobai's eyes are nailed here, how can they be fooled, they will only send soldiers to me frantically." ”

"Isn't it too dangerous here, Your Highness?" Cheng Hanbin was quite worried.

"With these three hundred flying thunder cannons you brought, no matter how big the danger is, it's worth it."

The flying thunder cannon that Zhou Shixiang said was a simple earthen cannon in his memory of his previous life. This cannon is more of a cannon than a projectile, and it is a powerful home-made explosive package. Its main body is an empty iron barrel, which is filled with propellant, the explosive bag is bundled into a disc, and then tied into the barrel with a wooden plank, and then the fuse of the explosive package is ignited, and then the propellant is ignited, and the explosive package of 5 to 10 kg can be ejected to a distance of 100-150 meters. In addition to fixing the iron barrel, you can also dig an inclined pit directly in the ground, and the mouth of the pit is facing the direction of the enemy. However, this kind of soil pit can only be used once, and it is not as sustainable as an iron bucket.

After Cheng Hanbin got the design drawings of the flying thunder cannon, he began to lead people to build experiments, and found that the explosive bag can be thrown dozens of meters away, which is much safer than charging with the explosive bag on his back. However, during the test, because Zhou Shixiang was not sure about the amount of medicine, several accidents occurred, dozens of people died, and Cheng Hanbin's left arm was almost blown off. Later, during the test, Cheng Hanbin could only use the bandits sent by the Military Intelligence Department to participate in the test, so as to avoid further death of the technical personnel of the Ordnance Bureau. After continuous experiments, Cheng Hanbin and others finally came to the conclusion that the optimal amount of explosives should be 5 to 8 kilograms, and the projectile gunpowder should be about 0.5 kilograms, which is too large or too small will seriously affect the effect.

After the powder pack explodes, it can destroy or destroy obstacles and fortifications within 10 meters, and kill and injure uncovered nurses within 20 meters. And this killing is not to blow people to pieces, but to shock and kill a lot. During the test, hundreds of horses, sheep, and pigs were killed by the Ordnance Bureau. After the carcasses of those animals were dissected, most of the five organs were shattered, and the seven orifices were bleeding.

The Flying Thunder Cannon has many disadvantages, first of all, the accuracy is very poor, the firing range is also short, and it has little advantage over bows and arrows and firearms. When launching, it can only be thrown in one direction, and it will not be thrown within 50 meters of your own phalanx, but it is difficult to say where it can be thrown. Secondly, a launch requires 5 to 8 kilograms of medicine, and a launch requires thousands of catties of medicine.

Together with 300 flying thunder cannons, 40,000 catties of medicine were transported, and more than 20,000 catties of medicine were also looted in Nanjing. These medicines have been granulated, and the stability and explosion effect are several times stronger than those that have not been treated, although they still cannot be compared with the gunpowder of later generations, but it is certainly the most powerful gunpowder of this era. In order to transport these medicines and flying thunder cannons to the front line, Cheng Hanbin and the Ordnance Bureau have tried their best to ensure the transportation of the Ordnance Bureau, which is also the first thing that the rear must ensure. For the sake of these cannons and medicines, even the transfer of a group of seriously wounded people was postponed.

Zhou Shixiang naturally knows the shortcomings of the flying thunder cannon, but he is not a siege, he is a field battle. He didn't need much range, and he didn't want to destroy the Qing army's fortifications, he only needed to send them out for a hundred meters. All he wanted to do was to rain thousands of Mongol cavalry with sabers, only to have countless burning medicine packets falling on their heads.

After looking at the big iron bucket placed at the door, Zhou Shixiang had the feeling of a traverser for the first time.

The advantage of the traverser is that they can scare them to death by creating things that the enemy has never seen before.

"Something without conscience, but it is the most efficient weapon to kill people in a fixed area, a fixed battlefield, and a fixed range." (To be continued.) )